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  • 3 days ago | telemundo52.com | Mekahlo Medina |Helen Jeong

    El último recuento de la población sin hogar de Long Beach fue mayor que en el mismo período de 2024, a pesar de la inversión municipal de más de 130 millones de dólares en los últimos años, según datos publicados el lunes. La indigencia en la ciudad costera aumentó un 6,5%, lo que indica que Long Beach ahora tiene 219 personas más sin hogar que el año pasado. Las autoridades municipales atribuyen este aumento a los incendios forestales de enero. Noticias California 24/7 en Telemundo 52.

  • 3 days ago | nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina |Helen Jeong

    The latest count of Long Beach's homeless population was higher than the same period in 2024 despite the city's investment of over $130 million in recent years, data showed Monday. The coastal city's homelessness went up at 6.5%, which indicates that Long Beach now has 219 more unhoused people than last year. As over 3,000 people found permanent housing, there were 3,595 unhoused people on the streets of Long Beach as of Jan. 23.

  • 1 week ago | nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina

    Five years after the George Floyd protests took a violent turn with the looting of businesses across Los Angeles, some of the business owners say they've struggled to recover, while others didn't at all. Eric Obba Totton was among the thousands who gathered in the street to protest the death of George Floyd in Long Beach. Totton carried out a message that led to his non-profit "Dreamz into Goals" a year later. "George Floyd was a pent-up aggression from years of abuse from the police," said Totton.

  • 1 week ago | nbclosangeles.com | Mekahlo Medina

    Neighbors said the home had been plagued by squattersFor a third time, a home on a residential street in Long Beach caught fire, this time damaging a vacant daycare next door. The home in the 1200 block of Junipero Avenue was up in flames Monday night, raising concerns with neighbors who say the home has been subject to squatters. "The house from last year has done caught on fire again," said a neighbor who recorded video of the fire.

  • 2 weeks ago | telemundoareadelabahia.com | Mekahlo Medina

    A pesar de su estatus migratorio indocumentado, Francisco Hernández-Corona, de 34 años, y su esposo ciudadano estadounidense, Irving Hernández-Corona, nunca pensaron que abandonarían Estados Unidos, pero el nuevo gobierno de Donald Trump lo cambió todo en enero. "Empezamos a ver a ICE (Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas) por todas partes y gente enviada a El Salvador", dijo Francisco. Noticias California 24/7 en Telemundo 48.

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